most captivating vocalists.......Ever

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Moos Wrote:

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> *imagines SMG's Index of Forumites, carefully

> updated at all times*

He's got it in THAT spreadsheet he's worried about losing

[SeanMacGabhann]

B)

[Andystar]

giggirl Wrote:

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> I couldn't agree more Andy. Sadly, there are some

> forumites of dubious taste who may not agree. Are

> you going to Brixton?

No, I missed out on tickets :( . I guess that you are going?? I also missed out on a secret gig of theirs at a place 5 mins away from my house when I was in Australia :( :(

[HonaloochieB]

Andystar Wrote:

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> Frank Black/Black Francis/Charles Michael

> Kittridge Thompson IV, whatever you call him, he

> rocks

Mind, he can give you a headache.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Ba doom tsh

[giggirl]

Oh poo that's no good Andy. You can't miss Frank. I can get you some tickets at face if you want to figure out what night you want to go and get back to me.

Have you EVER seen the Pixies or do you just keep being in the wrong place at the wrong time? That's a habit you've got to address?

[citizenED]

Jah is right about the distinction between vocalists and singers..hence the title of the thread. As it is, I think both can send a shiver down your spine. With vocalists I guess it's partially down to whatever heartfelt lyrics they are singing, whereas great singers can melt your heart singing the most sugary platitudes.

I don't know if anyone else saw Barry Manilow doing his "masterclass" on The X-Factor a couple of years back. Sure the guy is a legendary showman with a cakeshop coiffure and a face of comical magnetude but you should have seen his face when Leona Lewis sang for him. He did well not to buckle in the knowledge that he'd just met a singer far better than he.

[HonaloochieB]

Barry Manilow may have his detractors but that song ne did, 'Ships' is great.

[Muley]

But the Robert Wyatt version was better. It was all about the Falklands, y'know.

Oh, hang on a mo...

[TillieTrotter]

Cara Dillon - Black is the colour

Alison Moyet - Ne me quitte pas (saw her in the early 80's and she sang this unaccompanied and when it was over I realised that I had tears rolling down my face) A Moment!

Sam Brown - Stop

No more now.

[SeanMacGabhann]

ooh I saw here do that at Maine Rd in 1987 Tillie. Love the Yazoo stuff, less keen on the solo 80s pop classics but her chanson stuff is pretty cool

[TillieTrotter]

A very powerful set of lungs she had Seany.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Too nasal to be truly great singer.

[reetpetite]

Karen Carpenter

[DaveR]

Dionne Warwick, especially "Anyone who had a heart"

Sam Cooke, everything he ever sang.

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

Chicane - No Ordinary Morning

Blink 182 I Miss You

Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman

Nina Simone Sinnerman

[Keef]

Just heard this for the first time in a long time, but "Kissing You" by Des'ree, from Romeo & Juliet, is wonderful.

[bignumber5]

I'm really not sure that i understand the distinction being made between a singer and a vocalist: does a kindly soul feel able to enlighten me?

[immaterial]

Johnny Rotten - Holidays in the Sun

Unforgettable!

[giggirl]

Keef Wrote:

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> Just heard this for the first time in a long time,

> but "Kissing You" by Des'ree, from Romeo & Juliet,

> is wonderful.

I've got the Romeo & Juliet CD. It has a Gavin Friday track; Angel on it! I agree the Des'ree song is beautiful.

[Mick Mac]

Has anyone mentioned Tommy Makem yet?

[LuLu Too]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Has anyone mentioned Tommy Makem yet?

You can't leave out Liam Clancy.

But what about Joe Dolan (RIP)?

[LuLu Too]

Mary Coughlan did once make me hold her pint of Guinness in the toilets of the Wexford Inn, while she took a pee.

Such an uncouth woman.

And I didn't think much of her voice either.

[Mick Mac]

I bought Mary coughlan a drink once in the mean fiddler after one of her gigs there. But she was trying to give up so it was only a coke.I thought she had a great voice but not everyones taste.

[LuLu Too]

Maybe she sounded better sober!